How I got a 31 cent meal from Fuddruckers
Occassionaly my co-workers and I like to go out to eat for lunch. We tend to usually go to the same places in a rotation. One of the places we frequently eat at is Fuddruckers. Some of you may be familiar with it from the movie Idiocracy where it eventually ended up as “Buttfuckers” if I remember correctly.
Since I am pretty frugal with my money, I tend to try and use coupons whenever they are available. My frequent visits to Fuddruckers had earned me a VIP card which was a reusable card that gave me 10% off my meal. I always found 10% off a good deal and never bothered trying to find other coupons.
On this particular day though, I noticed a co-worker had gotten a coupon in his e-mail. He mentioned he signed up for the “Fudd Club” and he received the email after signing up. I proceeded to sign up as well and I too received the coupon in my e-mail.
After we both received the coupon, we took a look at the coupon and noticed that it didn’t seem like a very good deal. The coupon was for a 1/3 pound hamburger, fries, and a drink for “$7 flat”.
The coupon I received in my e-mail from Fuddruckers
We thought the meal was only about $7.50 or $8.00 to begin with and the savings of a dollar wasn’t worth using the coupon since I usually don’t get a soft drink anyway. I decided to still print out the coupon and bring it anyway.
After arriving at Fuddruckers we immediately noticed that the meal the coupon was for was actually $6.99. Basically the coupon was for 1 cent more than the actual meal cost. I then approached the cashier and mentioned that I had a coupon for a hamburger meal and it was actually going to make me pay more than the meal cost. The cashier responded immediately stating that the coupon should have read “$6 flat” instead of “$7 flat”. I figured with my 10% VIP card I could still get a meal for $5.40 plus tax. Not too bad.
I went ahead and ordered the meal and presented by VIP card. The cashier then looked up at me and said my total was 31 cents. I thought I misheard her and asked her again how much. She responded again, “31 cents”. I quickly gave the cashier a dollar and got my change.
When I got to my seat I started looking over the receipt to see how I managed to only pay 31 cents. What happened was the cashier took off $6 instead of charging me $6. That essentially lowered the price down to $1. Then the 10% off for my VIP card was taken off the $7 meal instead of the $1. That lowered the total down to 30 cents.
I soon received my food and started enjoying the best 31 cent hamburger I have ever had.
